Relative contribution of eNOS and nNOS to endothelium-dependent vasodilation in the mouse aorta

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 643, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 260-266

  Capettini, Luciano S A ^a   Cortes, Steyner F ^a   Lemos, Virginia S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ENOS; Mouse aorta; NNOS; NO; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CATALASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TONE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION;

EID: 77955268274     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.06.066     Document Type: Article

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